How A Nuclear War Will Start

Mr. President! Nuclear missiles will strike our country in 14 minutes.I know it’s your first day in office so I’m going to walk you through it, but you’re the only onewho can authorize our nuclear retaliation in  response and you’ve only got a few minutes to make a decision!As you know tensions have escalated rapidly in the past few days.Today’s joint allied aerial defense exercise began just minutes before we detected the launch.A simple misunderstanding maybe.We assume the sudden attack is meant to neutralize as many of our nuclear forces as possible.But that doesn’t matter now – missiles are in the air and we can’t shoot all of ‘em down.Why? Because Intercontinental ballistic missiles are basically rockets launched into spacebefore re-entering the atmosphere over their target and releasing many different warheads.Higher and faster than anything you can send after them.We need to get you to the bunker!Here is what we know: Four minutes ago our new infrared monitoring satellitesdetected one hundred twelve bursts consistent with ICBM launches from the enemy’s inner territories.  For some reason only 20 of their 80 underground nuclear silos seem to have fired, so we suspect  most of them were transporter-erector launchers, you know: trucks with big missiles on them.It’s unclear why they didn’t use all their silos – they  might just not work after more than thirty yearsor they might be keeping them in reserve. The fog of war is keeping many things unclear!Aerospace Command thinks the ICBMs are targeting our nuclear command centers,  silos, and major airforce and navy bases, ending this war before we have a chance to act!The enemy’s strategic doctrine prioritizes military targets and our nuclear weapon  systems, but their secondary targets are our industry and infrastructure – oil refineries,  power stations and deep water ports. All located near or in major population centers.We won’t know the